Tuesday's slang word of the day: chase (one's) tail

Today's slang word of the day is chase (one's) tail. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.

chase (one's) tail

verb

• to be unsuccessful.

  We've been working on this problem for months, but at this point I think we're just chasing our tails.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.

  Last edited on Jan 29 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

• to perform an endless task.

                                                
  
  Citation from article title, Heartland Connection, John Garlock, January 21, 2010 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jan 29 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 29 2010.

notes

• See also "chase tail".

  Last edited on Apr 28 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 28 2011.

Enjoy!

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com) from The Online Slang Dictionary

P.S. Sorry about the blacked out citations. Google penalizes the dictionary if I show them. (There's a bunch of information about the penalty here.)